Geographic Features

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  • Includes both natural and artificial features
  • Physical landscape, built landscape
  • Urban and industrial landscapes
  • Topography
  • Site plans
  • Boundaries, districts, reserves, parks, sanctuaries, towns, etc.
  • NOTE: Mainly but not exclusively pertaining to photographic and cartographic records
  • SEE ALSO: Land, Settlement and Immigration

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          135 Archival description results for Geographic Features

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          2002.12.29.1 · Item · c.1970-c.1989
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of transcript and taped summary of recorded interview with long-time resident Ted Williams who discusses his father' Chuck Williams early years in Prince George c.1920s. He also discusses river transportation, steam boats on the Fraser River and river scowing adventures on the Grand Canyon (BC) and fatalities that occurred.

          Harkins, Bob
          The Bourchier Album
          2009.5.3 · File · [ca. 1895 - 1950]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          This photograph album consists of photographs of remote police barracks at Mile 47 and Mile 29; early settlements and/or mercantile stores at Tete Jaune Cache, McBride, Sand Creek, Fort George and South Fort George; Grand Trunk Pacific Railway forestry and railway camps; scows and paddlewheel conveyors on the Fraser River; automobiles; community leisure activities; as well as, images of the Bourchier family. The following South Fort George establishments are identifiable within these photographs: Empress Hotel, Ah Yee General Merchant, German Bakery, Northern Hotel, South Fort George Drug Store & Post Office, St. Michael’s Church, Prince George Hotel, Ford Monarch dealership, Astoria Hotel, and King George V Elementary School. Identified geographic locations featured in these photographs include: Tete Jaune, Upper Fraser, Mile 47, Mile 29, Fraser River, Mt. Robson, McBride, Sand Creek, Glacier Mountain, Moose River, Giscome Portage, Pott Falls, Red Deer River, Grand Canyon, Summit Lake, Canoe Pass, Connaught Hill, Nechako Bridge, and Island Cache.

          Bourchier, Alan K.
          Scow's Last Lap
          2009.5.3.10 · Item · [ca. 1913]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts a crew of 13 men on a scow believed to be maneuvering through the Upper Fraser River at Scow's Last Lap (Scow Rapids), downriver from the Grand Canyon of the Fraser. Trees on opposite shore in background, rocky shore in foreground. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph reads: "the last lap".

          Clearwater River, BC
          2009.5.3.4 · Item · [ca. 1913]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts opposite shore in background behind river, and close shore in foreground on right. Men can be seen standing and paddling on canoe in distance. Handwritten photo caption on verso and recto of this photograph reads: "On the Clearwater".

          Men on Conveyor Deck
          2009.5.3.55 · Item · [ca. 1912]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts men standing on different deck levels of conveyor in river. Wood planks built into shore in foreground, trees on opposite shore in background. It is speculated that this photo may have been taken near Tete Jaune Cache shortly after the conveyor was rebuilt. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Str. Conveyor".

          Launching Rebuilt Conveyor
          2009.5.3.56 · Item · 1912
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts men standing on different deck levels of conveyor on the Fraser River. Wood planks built into shore in foreground, trees on opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Launching Conveyor", on recto: "Launching the rebuilt steamer Conveyor at Tete Jaune 1912".

          2009.5.3.64 · Item · [ca. 1913]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts a small pass through an island or peninsula on the Fraser River. Photo is believed to have been taken near Stone Creek, south of South Fort George. Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "FORT GEORGE CANYON. CANOE PASS. J. HEAY. PHOTO."

          2009.5.3.72 · Item · [ca. 1912]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts small log buildings and loaded wagons in cleared dirt area. Building on far left has the sign "POOL HALL" posted on front . Treetops, lumber piles, and hills in background. Mountains can be seen in distance. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Sand Creek. B.C."

          2009.5.3.75 · Item · 1912
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts creek barely visible at bottom of steep valley in cliffs. Trees and underbrush in foreground. It is believed that this photograph may have been taken near Mt. Robson. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph reads: "Sand Creek."

          2010.13 · Collection · 1910 - [ca. 1950]

          Collection contains photographs depicting community life in Prince George, B.C. Images depict holiday events, sports teams, government buildings, businesses (hotels, banks, retail, newspaper office), riverboats, railroad construction, fishing, a cemetery, street scenes, aerials, and landscapes. Also includes photos taken outside of the Prince George vicinity including Prairie Creek, Thomas Creek and Barkerville, B.C.

          Farm
          2012.13.1.50.067 · Item · 1978
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a farm on the west side of the Fraser, south of Quesnel, B.C.